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Carles Puigdemont: Former Catalan president 'detained' Carles Puigdemont, former Catalan president, 'detained'
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The former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, has been detained in Germany, his lawyer says. Catalonia's ex-leader Carles Puigdemont has been detained by German police acting on a European arrest warrant.
He was held after crossing the border from Denmark, on the way to Belgium, Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas tweeted. He is wanted in Spain for sedition. Mr Puigdemont, who is wanted in Spain for sedition and rebellion, was held crossing from Denmark on the way to Belgium, his lawyer said.
Mr Puigdemont had been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium since last October's banned referendum that backed Catalonia's unilateral secession bid. Mr Puigdemont had been on a visit to Finland since Thursday.
A European arrest warrant was recently reactivated against him. He has been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium since Catalonia's parliament unilaterally declared independence from Spain in October.
Tensions in Catalonia are very high and its separatist leaders have abandoned plans to name a new president following the arrest of the latest candidate. The charges of rebellion and sedition that Mr Puigdemont faces in Spain could result in 30 years in prison.
Jordi Turull was detained on Friday along with five other leaders, sparking protests and clashes with police in Barcelona. He slipped out of Finland on Friday before authorities could arrest him.
"The president was going to Belgium to put himself, as always, at the disposal of Belgian justice," his spokesman, Joan Maria Pique, told Reuters news agency.
German police said that Mr Puigdemont was detained by a highway patrol in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, which borders Denmark.
Tensions in Catalonia are very high and its separatist leaders abandoned plans to name a new president following the arrest of the latest candidate, Jordi Turull, on Friday.
Crowds of protesters had clashed with police in Barcelona on Friday night after Spain's Supreme Court ruled 25 Catalan leaders should be tried for rebellion, embezzlement or disobeying the state. Mr Turull was among five people taken into custody in fresh arrests.
The rulings were considered the most serious challenge to date to the Catalan independence movement. Almost the entire leadership now faces a major legal fight.
Following the referendum, the central government in Madrid sacked the Catalan regional government, imposed direct rule and called new elections but pro-independence parties returned with a slim majority.